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Description
We identify 1901 galaxy clusters (N_g_>=2) with the gapping-filtering in radial velocity (VoML+G) algorithm (Paper I; Campusano+ 2017ApJ...838..109P) on the two-Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS). We present the 341 clusters with at least 10 galaxies that are within 0.009<z<0.14 (the Catalog), of which 254 (~75%) have counterparts in the literature (NED), with the remainder (87) plausibly "new" because of incompleteness of previous searches or unusual galaxy contents. The 207 clusters within z=0.04--0.09 are used to study the properties of the galaxy systems in the nearby universe, including their galaxy contents parameterized by the late-type galaxy fractions (f_L_). For this nearly complete cluster subsample, we find the following: (i) 63% are dominated by early-type galaxies (i.e., the late-type-poor clusters, f_L_<0.5) with corresponding mean multiplicity and logarithmic virial mass (in units of M_{sun}_) of 22+/-1 and 12.91+/-0.04, respectively; and (ii) 37% are dominated by late-type galaxies (i.e., the late-type-rich clusters, f_L_>=0.5) with corresponding mean multiplicity and logarithmic virial mass (in units of M_{sun}_) of 15.7+/-0.9 and 12.66+/-0.07, respectively. The statistical analysis of the late-type fraction distribution supports, with a 3{sigma} confidence level, the presence of two population components. It is suggested that the late-type-poor galaxy systems reflect and extend the class of Abell-APM-EDCC clusters and that the late-type-rich systems (~one-third of the total) belong to a new, previously unappreciated class. The late-type-rich clusters, on average high mass-to-light ratio systems, appear to be more clustered on large scales than the late-type-poor clusters. A class of late-type-rich clusters is not predicted by current theory.
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